Neck-yoke.



H. DOERING.

NECK YDKE.

(Application filed May 4. 1900.

No. 654,958. Patented July 3|, I900.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES? PATENT OFFIC HERMAN DOERING, OF REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN.

NECKH-JYOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,958, dated July 31, 1906.

' Application filed May 4, 1900- ge'rial ll'o. 15,536; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that LHERMAN DOERING,a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Reedsburg, county of Sauk, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful I111- provements in Neck-Yokes, 'of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a neck-yoke provided with my improvements; Fig. 2, an enlarged plan view of one end of the neck-yoke; Fig. 3, a transverse section through the collarstrap-holding ring, and Figs. 4 and 5 detail plan views showing other ways of connecting the ring to the end of the neck-yoke bar. V

The object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple, inexpensive, and durable device for attaching the collar-straps to the respective ends of the neck-yoke bar in such manner that the straps shall have a free swinging movement from side to side, so that twisting and wear of the straps is avoided, whereby the straps will Wear as long as the other parts of the harness, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings by referenceletters, a is a closed ring or eye secured rigidly to the end of the neck-yoke bar by means of a ferrule 19, with which it is formed integral, as shown in Fig. 2, or by any other suitable meansas, for instance,- by means of a concaved plate fitted against the front side of the neck-yoke bar and suitable rivets or bolts extending through the bar, as shown in ig. 4, or by means of a tongue d fitted in a hole in the end of the neck-yoke and secured therein by a transverse rivet or bolt, as shown in Fig. 5, a ferrulee being fitted on the end of the bar,- as' usual. The ring or eye has its inner face formed into an annular flange f, having its upper and lower faces beveled inward to form oppositely-facin g inclined seats, the flange being substantially V-shaped in cross-section. Seated against each of the beveled faces of the flange is a disk g, whose edge is beveled correspondingly to the adjacent face of the flange and whose outer face is flush with the surface edge of the ring; The inner faces of these disks abut against each other and are rigidly clamped together by rivets or screws h passing through the disks, whereby the two disks form a sort of turnbutton which is free to rotate within the ring. The two disks are provided with re istering slots '5, extending across their centers, but terminating short of their edges, so that the slots are closed on all sides. Into these slots the collar-straps are passed, and while in use the disks turn on the ring as the straps are swung from side to side, as is evident.

yokes, consisting of a ring provided with means for fastening it to a neck-yoke bar and having an inward-extending flange formed on its inner face, this flange having oppositely-facing inclined sides extending 6on tinuously around the ring, and a pair of disks fitted into the opposite sides of the ring and beveled at their edges to correspond with the inclined seats in the ring, these beveled edges being continuous and unbroken and the adjacent faces of the disks abutting against each other, said disks being provided with closed registering strap-slots, terminating short of the edges of the disk, and means for rigidly fastening the disks together In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of January, 1900.,

, HERMAN DOERING.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. STONE,

SELMA LANGENHAN. 

